Historical Sketchbooks

Blank pages from 19th-century sketchbooks featuring minimal pencil drawings and annotations, reflecting a focus on artistic exploration and historical documentation.

Portrait of Villemot, Painter. Portrait of Villemot, Painter. Draw on albuminum paper, 1860-1890. Business card (verso). Photograph of anonymous.

Pencil drawing by Blasius Höfel from a sketchbook dated 1830-1844 depicting a letter to Inv. 35116/16.

Edward Lear, 1812-1888, British, Graphite sketch on loose sheet.

Annotation, George Hendrik Breitner, 1888 Page 2 from a sketchbook with 24 sheets. Amsterdam paper. pencil

Abklatsch of the chalk drawing on page 65. Page 64 from a sketchbook with 43 sheets.

Portrait of Villemot, Painter. Portrait of Villemot, Painter. Draw on albuminum paper, 1860-1890. Business card (verso). Photograph of anonymous.

Portrait of Empress Eugenie, (Eugenie de Montijo), (1826-1920) Portrait of Empress Eugenie, (Eugenie de Montijo), (1826-1920). Business card (verso). Anonymous photography. Draw on albuminum paper. 1870-1890.

Portrait of Jude (Anna, Marie, Louise Damiens, Wife Israel, Say), (1850-1911), (Actress) Portrait of Judic (known as Anna, Marie, Louise Damiens, Wife Israel - 1850-1911), Actress. 1878. Business card (verso). Photograph of Gaston, Mathieu & Cie.

Blasius Höfel's pencil letter to Inv. 35115/46r from 1820-1822 contains notes and annotations on sheet.

Gunboat Yankee at Fredericksburg, Virginia, May 1864. The Robin G. Stanford Collection, Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Virginia, Fredericksburg

Embroidered Towel (Peshkir), 19th century. Turkey, 19th century. Embroidery: silk threads and metal strip pushed through fabric, bend and pressed on cotton tabby ground; average: 86.7 x 43.2 cm (34 1/8 x 17 in.).

Studie.Study. Leaf 44 Verso from a sketchbook with 52 sheets manufactured in the area of Kampen, Hattem, Hoorn and Zwolle.

Abklatsch of a drawing. Page 31 From a sketchbook with 18 sheets.

George K. Jewett to W. A. Harrington, 10 December 1858 , Public land sales, United States, Massachusetts, Politics and government, 1775-1865, Maine, Politics and government, 1775-1865, United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Claims, Canada, Boundaries, United States

Album, GROUPES DE FANTAISIES Inventé et Gravés PAR R.M. PARISET A PARIS; Designed by Robert Menge Pariset (French, active 1732 - 1762)

DINNER held by AMERICAN CLIMATOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION at "CATARACT HOUSE, NIAGARA FALLS, NY" (HOTEL). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1901. Rare Book Division

View of a street, Adrianus Everssen, c. 1828 - 1897 View of a street. Page 39 Recto from a sketchbook with 52 sheets made in the vicinity of Kampen, Hattem, Hoorn and Zwolle. Netherlands paper. pencil street

Stationery with Monogram SHCL, Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries (1874-1953), 1884 - 1952 print paper magic mathematical figures; magic numbers, words, monograms

Sketchbook Drawing, Charles Samuel Keene, 1823-1891, British, between 1846 and 1852, Graphite with pen and brown ink on ruled, medium, smooth, cream wove paper, Sheet: 6 1/2 × 4 inches (16.5 × 10.2 cm) and Binding: 6 1/2 inches (16.5 cm)

Blasius Höfel's pencil letter to Inv. 35115/44r from 1820-1822 includes notes and annotations on sheet.

Zula Maud Woodhull autograph note, Hove, Sussex, England, approximately 1927-1930. Zula Maud Woodhull autograph note, Hove, Sussex, England, approximately 1927-1930

Portrait of Eugene Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duke (1814-1879), architect and writer. Portrait of Eugene Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duke (1814-1879), architect and writer. Draw on albuminum paper, 1860-1890. Business card (verso). Photograph of anonymous.

Pencil sketch by Blasius Höfel of a letter labeled 35115/37, dated July 7, drawn between 1820 and 1822.

Quast Ferdinand von (1807-1877), obelisk in Egypt (without dat.): Carriage of two steles. Pencil on paper, 34.8 x 42.7 cm (including scan edges) Quast Ferdinand von (1807-1877): Obelisken in Ägypten

Clouds, 1834 - 1911 Page 3 Recto from a sketchbook with 27 sheets. paper. pencil clouds

Langhans Carl Ferdinand (1782-1869), Royal Opera in Berlin. Reconstruction. () (1843-1843): Cron candlestick for candles: View and half the floor plan (see Inv.No. 5795). Pencil on cardboard, 69.4 x 52.2 cm (including scan edges) Langhans Carl Ferdinand (1782-1869): Königliche Oper, Berlin. Wiederaufbau ()

William Cutter to George Coffin, 27 December 1845 , Public land sales, United States, Massachusetts, Politics and government, 1775-1865, Maine, Politics and government, 1775-1865, United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Claims, Canada, Boundaries, United States

Quast Ferdinand von (1807-1877), Lugano, Bellinzona and Bad Urach. (From: Light views from Germany, Austria, Italy and Switzerland) (without date): Three perspective views of the cities of Lugano (against the lake) and Bellinzona, the Hohen-Urach Castle from the city of Bad Urach (fromo.n.u.). Pencil on paper, 33.5 x 21.1 cm (including scan edges) Quast Ferdinand von (1807-1877): Lugano, Bellinzona und Bad Urach. (Aus: Ortsansichten aus Deutschland, Österreich, Italien und der Schweiz)

Kop.Page 55 from a sketchbook with 188 pages.

Sketchbook Drawing, Charles Samuel Keene, 1823-1891, British, between 1846 and 1852, Graphite with pen and brown ink on ruled, medium, smooth, cream wove paper, Sheet: 6 1/2 × 4 inches (16.5 × 10.2 cm) and Binding: 6 1/2 inches (16.5 cm)

Abklatsch of the chalk drawing on page 79. Page 78 from a sketchbook with 60 sheets.

Portrait of Ferry Jules, (1832-1893), (Political Man, Lawyer, Minister Plenipotentiary) Portrait of Jules Ferry (1832-1893), politician, lawyer, plenipotentiary minister. Business card (verso). Anonymous photography. Draw on albuminum paper. 1870-1890.

bake Civil and Military Committee of the Zawskrzyj Land; Civilian military commission; 1792 (1792-00-00-1792-00-00);

Portrait of E. Juntle (musician Guitarist) Portrait of E. Juntle, a guitarist musician. 1860-1890. Business card (verso). Anonymous photography.

Tekstblad used by a map of Schenckenshans besieged and taken by Frederik Hendrik, 1635-1636, 1636 text sheet Six columns of text used by a map of the siege and the intake of Schenckenschans by the State army under Frederik Hendrik, 1635-1636. The latter dates in the text are April 29 and 'den Laetsten April 1636'. The loose columns cut out and stuck next to each other with two pieces on bound sheets. Amsterdam paper letterpress printing Schenkhans

Photo collection Deli Society. Photo album Deli Maatschappij: "views from Deli and the Battak Country by K. Feilberg" (1870). Flaut leaf. 1870. Batakland, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

John Flaxman, Sheet of Studies (recto and verso) Sheet of Studies recto and verso

The poster of the premiere of Karol Szymanowski's opera King Roger staged on 14.05.1975 at the Sadle'rs Welh theater by the opera band The New Opera Company

Portrait of Eugenie de Montijo, (1826-1920), (Empress of the French) Portrait of Eugenie de Montijo, (1826-1920), Empress of the French. 1870-1890. Visit card. Photograph of Olympe Aguado.

Paper company's office, Mount Holley (i.e. Holly), Pa.. The Robin G. Stanford Collection, Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Pennsylvania, Mount Holly Springs

Portrait of Empress Eugenie, (Eugenie de Montijo), (1826-1920) Hirsch, H. Portrait of Empress Eugenie, (Eugenie de Montijo), (1826-1920). Business card (verso). Draw on albuminum paper. 1870-1890.

Circles, c. 1845 - c. 1848 Leaf 35 Verso from a sketchbook with 61 sheets. paper. pencil circle (~ planimetry, geometry)

Messel Alfred (1853-1909), National Bank commercial building, Berlin (1906-1907), furniture 2nd floor: floor plan 1: 100, light break on paper, TU UB Plan collection inv. No. 12304

Unchanged page; Verso: Trees against the background of the Giant Mountains near Cieplice; Blaschnik, Arthur (1823-1918); 1861 (1860-00-00-1861-00-00);Cieplice Śląskie -Zdrój (Jelenia Góra - District), Lower Silesia, Karkonosze (mountains), Poland, Schlesisches Museum der Bildenden Künste (Wrocław - 1880-1945) - collection, landscapes, mountain landscapes, travels, German drawings, sketches

Charles Samuel Keene, 1823-1891, British, Sketchbook Drawing, between 1846 and 1852. Graphite with pen and brown ink on ruled, medium, smooth, cream wove paper.

Abklatsch of the chalk drawing on page 2 Recto, c. 1886 - c. 1888 Page 1 Verso from a sketchbook with 27 sheets. paper

Man with open mouth. Leaf 57 Verso from a sketchbook with 58 sheets.

Böhmer Franz (1907-1943), Villa von der Heydt in Berlin-Tiergarten. Conversion (June 14, 1938): Rounder on the terrace: floor plan, view, cut 1:20. Pencil over light break on paper, 38.1 x 66.7 cm (including scan edges)

Abklatsch of a drawing, c. 1897 - c. 1898 Page 6 from a sketchbook with 12 sheets. paper

Bliżej Kultury Styfi, Jan (1841 1921)

Benjamin Goodridge to Samuel Warner, 10 December 1852 , Public land sales, United States, Massachusetts, Politics and government, 1775-1865, Maine, Politics and government, 1775-1865, United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Claims, Canada, Boundaries, United States

Sketchbook Peter Frederick Rothermel (American, 1817-1895). Sketchbook, 1857. Graphite with ink and watercolor on cream, medium-weight, slightly textured wove paper, 5 11/16 x 8 5/8 x 3/8 in. (14.4 x 21.9 x 1 cm). This forty-two-page sketchbook contains drawings by the history painter Peter Frederick Rothermel of scenes in Genazzano, Italy, forty miles east of Rome. He documented the local architecture, sculpture, landscape, and people, while also including sketches for narrative subjects. The costumes and daily life of the townfolk are captured in several skillful figure studies, including this image of a man leaning against a stone wall. American Art 1857

George Coffin to Samuel Harris, 9 April 1844 , Public land sales, United States, Massachusetts, Politics and government, 1775-1865, Maine, Politics and government, 1775-1865, United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Claims, Canada, Boundaries, United States

Artillery post inside the fort at Port Hudson facing the river after the siege in 1863. The Robin G. Stanford Collection, Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography. Port Hudson (La.), History, Siege, 1863 , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Louisiana, Port Hudson.

Map etching by Wenzel Hollar from around 1630 depicting Florence, including its streets, buildings, and surrounding terrain. The print emphasizes detailed urban layout and geographic features in early 17th-century cartography.

Abklatsch of the pencil drawing on page 13 Recto, c. 1915 - 1934 Leaf 12 Verso from sketchbook XVI with 32 sheets. The Hague paper

Sidewall, Machine-printed paper, embossed, All-over flower design, embossed and faintly colored., USA, ca. 1880, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Blasius Höfel's 1820-1822 pencil work includes a letter to Inv. 35115/45r, with annotations and notes on paper.

George Coffin to Samuel Harris, 9 April 1844 , Public land sales, United States, Massachusetts, Politics and government, 1775-1865, Maine, Politics and government, 1775-1865, United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Claims, Canada, Boundaries, United States

Handwriting concerning the De Hooghe family, Anonymous, in or after 1708 - c. 1799 manuscript Overview of members of the De Hooghe family who have been ships in Ghent. paper. ink writing (processes) / pen Ghent. Flanders

Cityscape, Adrianus Everssen, c. 1828 - 1897 Cityscape. Leaf 38 Recto from a sketchbook with 41 sheets. Netherlands paper. pencil city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions

Note. Leaf 22 Verso from a sketchbook with 61 sheets.

Portrait of a man, c. 1819 - c. 1870 Verso from page 41, a separate drawing from a sketchbook with 39 sheets. paper. pencil anonymous historical person portrayed

Portrait of Jules Janin (1804-1874), (literateir, dramatic criticism for debators) Portrait of Jules Janin (1804-1874), Literator, dramatic critic for debat. Business card (verso). Photograph of Albert Bertall of Arnoux (1820-1883), before 1874.

Note, 1900 - 1903 Page 16 Verso from a sketchbook with 45 sheets. paper. pencil

A pencil sketch by Friedrich Gauermann with indistinct forms, representing general shapes and composition without detailed features.

William Brockedon, 1787-1854, British, Stray Marks. Graphite.

Letter to Etha Fles, Jan Veth, 1894 letter Bussum paper. ink writing (processes) / pen painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting). printed matter Utrecht

Portrait of Virginie Dejazet (1798-1875), (actress and founder of the D�jazet Theater) Portrait of Virginie Dejazet (1798-1875), actress and founder of the Dejazet Theater. Business card (verso). Draw on albuminum paper. 1875. Photograph of Joseph Tourtin (1825-V1880).

Mary Ann, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left / H. Manger's Photograph Gallery, No. 1200 Chesnut Street, Philadelphia.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper, pp/liljwoch. Women, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Women, Union.

Bliżej Kultury Hanfstaengl, Fr., Thedy, Max (1858 1924)

Sketchbook Page, Kenyon Cox, American, 1856-1919, Graphite on paper, Small sketches of beaks and a bird's head., USA, 1875, albums (bound) & books, Sketchbook folio, Sketchbook folio

Cover for the various states of the print 'Funeral of the Delftsche Academy, 30 June 1864' by Cornelis van der Grient, Cornelis van der Griendt, 1864 - 1918 Netherlands paper. pencil

Sketches of Clouds and Dead Birch, Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826-1900, Graphite on cream paper, Horizontal rectangle. Brief sketches of figures, one winged, one on horseback, with a graphite inscription. At left, part of a tree trunk with peeling bark. Verso: standing boy seen from the back wearing a hat and smock., USA, July 1844, landscapes, Drawing, Drawing

Abklatsch of the pencil drawing on page 26 Verso, c. 1915 - 1934 Page 27 Recto from sketchbook XVII with 31 sheets. The Hague paper

Bauern Hochzeit, Baurn Hochzeit, Göbl, Andreas Benedictus, 1765-1792, ink, gold board, with gilt edges, ca. 1765, 1 boxed deck of playing cards, etching, stencil, hand col., 11.5 x 7 x 3 cm.

Portland Advertiser to W. A. Harrington, 16 September 1859 , Public land sales, United States, Massachusetts, Politics and government, 1775-1865, Maine, Politics and government, 1775-1865, United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Claims, Canada, Boundaries, United States

Langhans Carl Ferdinand (1782-1869), Theater in Liegnitz (1841): Floor plan of the foundations. Ink on paper, 34.6 x 49.8 cm (including scan edges) Langhans Carl Ferdinand (1782-1869): Theater, Liegnitz

Study, 1822 - 1880 Leaf 11 Verso from a sketchbook with 45 sheets. paper. pencil

A pencil sketch by Franz Alt depicting a lantern, emphasizing form, structure, and lighting details, recorded in a sketchbook covering 1879-1883.

Study. Leaf 37 Recto from a sketchbook with 44 sheets.

Bliżej Kultury Franz Hanfstaengl Kunstverlagsanstalt (Monachium), Hanfstaengl (Hanfstängl), Franz (1804 1877)

bake Civilian commission of the Lublin Military Land; Civilian military commission; 1790 (1790-00-00-1790-00-00);

Abklatsch of the drawing on page 45, 1893 - 1897 Page 44 from a sketchbook with 25 sheets. paper

Notes, c. 1873 Leaf 7 Verso from a sketchbook with 39 sheets. paper. pencil

Bliżej Kultury Verlag Gerlach & Schenk in Vienna (1882 1901)

Sketchbook Peter Frederick Rothermel (American, 1817-1895). Sketchbook, 1857. Graphite with ink and watercolor on cream, medium-weight, slightly textured wove paper, 5 11/16 x 8 5/8 x 3/8 in. (14.4 x 21.9 x 1 cm). This forty-two-page sketchbook contains drawings by the history painter Peter Frederick Rothermel of scenes in Genazzano, Italy, forty miles east of Rome. He documented the local architecture, sculpture, landscape, and people, while also including sketches for narrative subjects. The costumes and daily life of the townfolk are captured in several skillful figure studies, including this image of a man leaning against a stone wall. American Art 1857

Old paper background old paper, slightly yellowed upright copyright: xzoonar.com/christianxmueringerx 3255190

Devil's Den. Civil War Photograph Collection . Rock formations, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg, 1860-1880, Battlefields, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg, 1860-1880, Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa, 1863.

Studies. Probably parts of ships. Leaf 27 Recto from a sketchbook with 44 sheets.

Charles Samuel Keene, 1823-1891, British, Sketchbook Drawing, between 1846 and 1852. Graphite with pen and brown ink on ruled, medium, smooth, cream wove paper.

A pencil sketch by Franz Alt recorded in his sketchbook between 1879 and 1883, showing figures, landscapes, and compositional studies.

Verso: head of a little girl - study. Ruszczyc, Ferdynand (1870-1936), draughtsman, cartoonist

Embroidered Towel (Peshkir), 19th century. Turkey, 19th century. Embroidery; silk and gold filé on cotton tabby; average: 102.9 x 54 cm (40 1/2 x 21 1/4 in.).

Höganäs coal grapes chronology.ur Carl Sahlin mountain historical collection.

Claudine Potocka née działyńska/ born in Kurnik near Posen, August 27, 1802 died in Geneva in Switzerland on June 5, 1836 (Klaudya Potocka née działyński, Bornnik Near Poznań on 27 August 1802, Died in Geneva in Switzerland on June 5, 1836 )) Hopwood, James II (1795 1855), Kurowski, Józef Szymon (1809 1851)

REVERS: Table sketch Gabriel de Saint-Aubin. Reverse: Sketch table.

Sketchbook with 43 magazines, George Hendrik Breitner, 1881 - 1883 Sketchbook consisting of 43 magazines with mainly landscapes, cityscapes and figure studies. South-Holland paper. chalk. pencil landscapes. city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions. adult man. adult woman Delft

Zimmerreimer Paul, Attilahöhe, Berlin-Tempelhof (1929-1929): Arnulfstraße 72-75, Manteuffelstraße 33-34, Totilastraße 1-5: View Hof and Arnulfstraße. Light break on paper, 57.2 x 108.3 cm (including scan edges) Zimmerreimer Paul (1875-1943): Siedlung Attilahöhe, Berlin-Tempelhof

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